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CLK-Pamela Aguilar rom: Alice Kaufman <aliceckaufman@gmail.com> fent: Saturday, March 9, 2019 11:26 AM To: Council -Ian Bain; Council -Diane Howard; Council -Janet Borgens; Council -Diana Reddy; Council -Shelly Masur; Council-Giselle Hale; Council -Alicia Aguirre; GRP -City Council Subject: Agenda item 8A - District election maps Dear Mayor Bain and Councilmembers, Thank you for your work on finalizing the maps for district elections. I'm submitting these comments to request that the Council choose one of the variations of Map 7-013. In any of the maps under consideration, I would be a resident of District 7. The main difference that I see among the two basic layouts under consideration (the variants of 7-013 versus the variants of 7-021) is that with the 7-013 maps, District 7 would be vacant and up for election in 2020, whereas with the 7-021 maps, District 7 would be represented by Councilmember Reddy and not up for election until 2022. I've lived in Redwood City for 20 years. My kids attended Roy Cloud and then North Star Academy, then Sequoia High School. I believe that the Canyon and Farm Hill neighborhoods are distinct enough from the rest of Redwood City that, much like Redwood Shores, they deserve to have a representative from that area. Most residents would say that in the area north of Jefferson, Alameda de las Pulgas is a fairly reasonable dividing line between the "hills" and the "flatland." In the 7-021 maps, the boundary between Districts 6 and 7 kes an odd little jog eastward at Hopkins to include a small chunk of the area east of Alameda de las Pulgas in District 7 -- apparently for no other reason than to include Councilmember Reddy's house in District 7. This makes no sense. Please choose one of the variations of Map 7-013 and allow District 7 to elect a local councilmember in 2020. Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Alice Kaufman